On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:24:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> Ones that support open standards are best. My suggestions: >> >> * Any IM server supporting the XMPP instant messaging standard >> (such as Google Talk, LiveJournal Talk, jabber.org, etc.). >> There's really no reason or excuse to keeping Yahoo IM, MSN >> Messenger, AIM and ICQ around now that we have a open, standard >> IM protocol, regardless of what operating system you use. > > Except when none of your friends use it. As far as I can tell Google > only communicates with AIM which I don't need. And even if Google has > proven more FLOSS friendly than Yahoo, competition is good!
Google Talk can to connect to transports (for yahoo, msn, ect) on other severs. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-05-02-n79.html Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]